Barry is a community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north shore of the Bristol Channel around 9 miles (14 km) south-southwest of Cardiff. Barry is a seaside resort, with attractions including numerous beaches the reanimated Barry Island Satisfaction Park. According to Office for National Statistics 2016 quote information, the population of Barry was 54,673, making it the 3rd largest town in Wales, after Wrexham and also Merthyr Tydfil. As soon as a little town, Barry has absorbed its larger adjoining villages of Cadoxton and Barry Island, and also currently, Sully. It grew considerably from the 1880s with the development of Barry Docks, which in 1913 was the biggest coal port on the planet. The place was potentially called after Saint Baruc. Barry is the administrative centre of the Vale of Glamorgan, and also residence to Barry Community United F.C. The road from Bonvilston was originally the B4266, as only Pontypridd Road within the community still is, as well as the road from Highlight Park throughout the Vale to Bridgend was the B4265, as beyond Cardiff International Airport it still is. Because the 1970s, parts of these roadways are numbered A4226, so the A4226 emits from Weycock Cross roundabout in three directions. The community is often connected with Woodham Brothers scrapyard, a business that assisted over 200 steam engines survive right into preservation. Although still a port, Barry is more of a production community and as a solution centre for the Vale of Glamorgan. Barry Docks and also the adjoining industrial area form the largest work centre in the community. The anchors, whose road links were drastically improved with the opening of the Docks Link Road in 1981, currently have direct roadway gain access to with the M4 motorway. The anchors can deal with vessels approximately 23,000 tonnes as well as the first-class tidal placement near to the deep-water channel of the Severn Estuary, allows for set up sailings. With its transit sheds, storehouses and open storage, the docks are outfitted to handle mass freights however with the scrapping of their previous electric cranes, ships' very own derricks need to be used or cranes hired in by ABP as required. Two roll on/roll off berths are available and also have actually been made use of by routes to Ireland and West Africa. As at January 2016, Intermodal raifreight traffic is being run from No. 2 Dock. With a brand-new visibility on the Mole in No. 1 Dock as well as the provision of a concrete slipway from it, leisure rowing and dinghy cruising is available (2016 ). The majority of industrial firms lie in the dock area. The largest are the chemical generating issues such as Cabot Carbon and also Dow Corning who not long ago finished the growth of the biggest silicones plant in Europe. Other primary employers in Barry Docks are Jewson Builders' Merchants, Western Welding as well as Engineering, Bumnelly, and also Associated British Ports Holdings who, considering that 1982 have run the anchors as successors to the British Transport Docks Board. To the west of Barry is Porthkerry Park. This is a huge area of open space, with woodlands, streams, and accessibility to a pebbly beach. In the park is the former Barry Railway Company viaduct with 13 arched spans standing 110 ft high. Following the closure of the Vale of Glamorgan line to passengers in between Barry as well as Bridgend in 1964, it was reopened on 10 June 2005 as well as for most of its 19 miles, offers a panorama and link to Llantwit Major and also beyond to Bridgend.